Feb3

Hugh Schick / trumpet, piano Alex Bailey / drums Jeff Littleton / bass Marty Krystall / saxophones, bass clarinet Chuck Manning / tenor saxophone Sun Ra’s band became a central part of the early avant-garde jazz movement in Chicago, being one of the first jazz bands to employ electronic instruments (as early as 1956), including electric piano, clavioline, celeste, and synthesizers.

Sun Ra was born on the planet Saturn, ages ago, and spent some time on Earth using the power of music to demonstrate the virtues of discipline and harmony to members of this planet.